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New music work for Ramsey Town Commissioners 150th anniversary

30 Oct 2015


“Celebration March”

A brand new piece to mark the 150th anniversary of Ramsey Town Commissioners has been composed by Frank Woolley and arranged for brass band by Robert and Illiam Quane. “Celebration March” includes well known tunes “Ramsey Town” and “Mylecharaine’s March” and it was performed by Ramsey Town Band at the civic service in at Our Lady Star of the Sea and St. Maughold’s Church last month. The service also included musical items from Mike Boulton’s Share na Veg (Bunscoill Rhumsaa), Voirrey Baker, Dilys Sowrey & Marlene Hendy. You can hear the “Celebration March” performed again on Sunday 22nd November at the Ramsey Town Band subscription concert in Bunscoill Rhumsaa [Auldyn Hall].

[Frank Woolley with chairman of Ramsey Commissioners Mr Radcliffe and his wife - Photo by Sue Jones of AB photography]

“Rest” ~ Another composition by Frank Woolley was premiered at the ‘Guild Goes South Concert’ by Musicale at the Erin Arts Centre on 30th October 2015. “Rest”, an unaccompanied choral piece for SATB, won the Manx music festival ‘s competition for the setting of a TE Brown poem to original music. Download the score for free 

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